SPAUI - Implementing Automation for Cisco Service Provider Solutions

Course Description 

The Implementing Automation for Cisco Service Provider Solutions (SPAUI) v1.0 course prepares you to implement and support automation solutions in a Service Provider network infrastructure, using network programmability principles, protocols, tools, and mechanisms. Through a combination of lessons and hands-on labs, you will learn to deploy, configure, monitor, and operate Service Provider network environments using modern data models. These models allow you to represent operational data and new network management protocols in order to administer hundreds or thousands of devices in a single operation, replacing traditional, time-consuming, error prone, device-by-device Command Line Interface (CLI) management. The course also introduces powerful automation solutions that can streamline network operations.

This course covers Yet Another Next Generation (YANG) data models and validation tools, Representational State Transfer Configuration Protocol RESTCONF and Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) management protocols, model-driven telemetry with Google Remote Procedure Call (gRPC) and Google Network Management Interface (gNMI), traffic automation with XR Transport Control (XTC), Secure Shell (SSH)-based automation tools like NetMiko and Ansible, orchestration provided by Network Services Orchestration (NSO), Network Function Virtualization (NFV) lifecycle management with Elastic Services Controller (ESC), and network operations automation with WAN Automation Engine (WAE).This course prepares you for the 300-535 Automating and Programming Cisco^® Service Provider Solutions (SPAUTO) exam.

Introducing Automation for Cisco Solutions (CSAU) is required prior to enrolling in Implementing Automation for Cisco Service Provider Solutions (SPAUI) because it provides crucial foundational knowledge essential to success. This course also earns you 24 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification.

How You'll Benefit

This course will help you:
Use network programmability to scale and streamline Service Provider network infrastructure
Gain hands-on experience in using modern data models to manage Service Provider network infrastructure
Earn 24 CE credits toward recertification
Prepare for the 300-535 SPAUTO exam.

Who Should Enroll

This course is designed for Service Provider networking professionals in job roles such as:
Network administrators
Network architects
Network designers
Network engineers
Network managers
Network Operations Center (NOC) personnel
Network supervisors

What to Expect in the Exam

The 300-535 SPAUTO exam certifies your knowledge and skills related to implementing service provider automated solutions, including programming concepts, orchestration, programming OS, and automation tools.
After you pass 300-535 SPAUTO, you earn the Cisco Certified DevNet Specialist - Service Provider Automation and Programmability certification, and you satisfy the concentration exam requirement for these professional-level certifications:
CCNP Service Provider
Cisco Certified DevNet Professional

Course Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:
Use NETCONF and RESTCONF programmability protocols on Cisco devices
Describe and use tools to validate YANG data models on Cisco devices
Describe and configure model-driven telemetry on Cisco devices
Describe and configure network traffic automation with Cisco XTC
Describe and use network automation tools that utilize SSH
Automate service provider network configuration with Cisco NSO
Describe how to automate virtualized resources with Cisco ESC
Describe how to automate service provider WAN with Cisco WAE

Course Prerequisites

Before taking this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:
CCNP equivalent level of knowledge for Routing and Switching (R and S)
Cisco Internetworking Operating System (IOS XE) and Cisco IOS XR working experience
SP Operations experience with routing, Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) and Virtual Private Network (VPN) Solutions
Network Programmability Basics (Network Programming Foundations, APIs and Protocols, Network Model Driven APIs and Protocols, Configuration Management with Ansible, Service Provider Network Automation workflows)

The following Cisco courses can help you gain the knowledge you need to prepare for this course:
Introducing Automation for Cisco Solutions (CSAU)
Implementing and Operating Cisco Service Provider Network Core Technologies (SPCOR)
Implementing Cisco Service Provider Advanced Routing Solutions (SPRI)
Implementing Cisco Service Provider VPN Services (SPVI)

Course Outline

Implementing Network Device Programmability Interfaces with NETCONF and RESTCONF
Implement NETCONF Protocol
Implement RESTCONF Protocol

Implementing Model-Driven Programmability with YANG
YANG Data Models
YANG Tools
YANG Development Kit

Implementing Model-Driven Telemetry
Implementing Model-Driven Telemetry with gRPC
Implementing Model-Driven Telemetry with gNMI

Automating Service Provider Network Traffic with Cisco XTC
Cisco XTC Fundamentals
Configure Cisco XTC

Automating Networks with Tools That Utilize SSH
Implement Device Configurations with Python Netmiko Library
Implement Device Configurations with Ansible Playbooks

Orchestrating Network Services with Cisco NSO
Cisco NSO Fundamentals
Cisco NSO Device Manager
Cisco NSO Services
Implement Device Configurations with Python

Automating Virtualized Resources with Cisco Elastic Services Controller
Cisco ESC Architecture
Cisco ESC Resource Management

Automating the WAN with Cisco WAE
Describe the Cisco WAE Components

Lab Outline

Explore NETCONF Protocol in Cisco Devices
Configure Cisco IOS XE Devices with RESTCONF
Explore Cisco and OpenConfig YANG Data Models with YANG Tools
Use ncclient and Python to Configure Cisco Devices
Use YANG Development Kit (YDK) to Configure Cisco Devices
Configure Model-Driven Telemetry with gRPC
Configure Model-Driven Telemetry with gNMI
Configure Path Disjointness with Cisco XTC
Use Python Netmiko Library to Configure Cisco Devices
Use Ansible to Configure Cisco Devices
Use Cisco NSO Device Manager
Create a Loopback Service Template
Use Cisco NSO REST API with Postman
Explore and Use Cisco WAE Features